1862, Nov. 19Born near Ames, Iowa1872Sent by impoverished mother to orphanage in Glenwood,
Iowa1880Moved to Marshalltown, Iowa1883Signed to play baseball by the Chicago White Stockings
baseball club18861887Converted to Christianity and began attending the Presbyterian
Church1888Sold to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys baseball clubMarried Helen Amelia Thompson18901891Played for the Philadelphia Phillies before retiring from
baseball1891Became assistant secretary of the Chicago, Ill., YMCA18961935Conducted Christian evangelistic meetings throughout the
country; credited with giving more than twenty thousand sermons to audiences
totaling more than one hundred million people1903Ordained by the Presbyterian Church1935, Nov. 6Died, Chicago, Ill.From the guide to the William L. Daley Collection Relating to Billy Sunday, 1914-1925, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)